Workers' Compensation News
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DWC Proposes Changes to Med-Legal Billing Rules
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05/07/2018
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By: Greg Jones (Deputy Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 1288 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 82 min read
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Not long after agreeing to enforce the Medical-Legal Fee Schedule billing regulations “as written” to settle allegations of underground rule-making, California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation proposed amendments that would bring the rules more in line with its interpre...Read More
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DWC Adds Three to List of Disciplined Physicians
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05/03/2018
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 1593 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 49 min read
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The California Division of Workers’ Compensation added to its list of disciplined physicians the names of three qualified medical evaluators accused of billing violations.
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Doctors Need Not Strictly Adhere to AMA Guides in Rating Impairment
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05/02/2018
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 172 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 21 min read
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The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled that a doctor’s failure to strictly adhere to the American Medical Association’s Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment is not a reversible error so long as the assessment of an injured worker was in general conformance with the guides.
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DWC Updates Pathology, Clinical Lab Section of Fee Schedule
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05/01/2018
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 299 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 32 min read
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California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation has revised the pathology and clinical laboratory section of the Official Medical Fee Schedule to adopt changes made by Medicare.
The order incorporates Medicare’s updated second-quarter pathology and clinical lab file, &ldq...Read More
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Despite Court Rulings, State Moves Ahead With Air Ambulance Fee Schedule
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05/01/2018
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By: William Rabb (Reporter)
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State: GA | Segment: Top | 278 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 35 min read
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Georgia’s new workers’ compensation fee schedule released this month gives air ambulance services a slight pay raise. That may sound generous, but regulators may be asking for a legal challenge by setting rates for interstate transportation companies.
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Double-Dipping Plumber Sentenced to 45 Days' Home Detention
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04/30/2018
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State: WA | Segment: WEST | 211 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 3 min read
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A plumber who ran a private business while claiming he was unable to work because of an occupational injury was ordered to serve 45 days of house arrest, the Washington state Department of Labor and Industries announced.
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DWC Agrees to Enforce QME Rules 'As Written' to Settle Lawsuits
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04/20/2018
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By: Greg Jones (Deputy Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 2590 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 46 min read
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The California Division of Workers’ Compensation agreed to enforce medical-legal billing rules as they are written as part of a settlement with eight doctors who accused the agen...Read More
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